{"id":89962,"date":"2026-01-05T17:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T17:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/89962\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T17:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T17:26:11","slug":"fort-greene-manse-to-be-demolished-for-apartments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/89962\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Greene Manse to Be Demolished for Apartments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Developers have filed to replace the circa 1860 Italianate wood frame on South Oxford Street with a five-story, 17-unit apartment building.<\/p>\n

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The house at 158 South Oxford in 2020. Photo by Susan De Vries<\/p>\n

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The days appear numbered for the striking butter yellow Italianate manse on Fort Greene\u2019s South Oxford Street, with developers applying to raze the attractive wood structure and replace it with a five-story apartment building.<\/p>\n

The circa 1860 wood frame house, located at 158 South Oxford Street, between Hanson Place and Atlantic Avenue, was called<\/a> a \u201crare beauty\u201d by Brownstoner columnist Suzanne Spellen in 2010. She noted its \u201cbeautiful Gothic trimmed porch and symmetrical windows\u201d and urged \u201cThere are only a handful of these houses left, and very few in such good shape. Let\u2019s protect them now, rather than when the \u2018dozers are rumbling up the street.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the time, the house was on the list for the proposed expansion of the Fort Greene Historic District. However, that expansion never materialized and the house is not landmarked.<\/p>\n

\"yellowThe house in 2020. Photo by Susan De Vries
\n\"yellowThe house pictured in 2010. Photo by Suzanne Spellen
\n\"blackThe house in the circa 1940 tax photo. Photo via New York City Municipal Archives<\/a>, Department of Records and Information Services<\/p>\n

In November, developer Shimon Kleiman applied for a permit to demolish the three-story wood frame and in December he applied for a new-building permit for a five-story building with 17 apartments and 10 off-street parking spaces, records show. Neither of the permits have been issued.<\/p>\n

While the permit applications list Kleiman as the owner, city records still show artist Marc E. Lambrechts<\/a> as having the deed to the property. It\u2019s possible the property has been owned by artists for decades, with the records showing Richard Artschwager<\/a>, likely the renowned artist, as owning it from 1985 to 1995. In 1995, the deed was transferred to Lambrechts and his wife, Suzie Soo Gyong Cho<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The property, which measures 100 by 115 feet and has buildable rights up to 23,000 square feet, according to PropertyShark<\/a>, does not appear to be listed for sale. The lower duplex has been rented out over the years<\/a>, with a listing appearing<\/a> as recently as October. The city\u2019s finance department recently estimated the market value of the parcel at $8.01 million, according to PropertyShark.<\/p>\n

In 2014, the artist sold a neighboring compound at 164 South Oxford Street <\/a>to a developer for $7.5 million.<\/p>\n

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